 Whittenburg in 2024 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Associateathletic director |
| Team | NC State |
| Conference | ACC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | (1960-10-02)October 2, 1960 (age 65) Glenarden, Maryland, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1979–1983 | NC State |
| Position | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1985–1986 | NC State (assistant) |
| 1986–1987 | George Mason (assistant) |
| 1987–1988 | Long Beach State (assistant) |
| 1988–1991 | NC State (assistant) |
| 1991–1993 | Colorado (assistant) |
| 1993–1994 | West Virginia (assistant) |
| 1994–1999 | Georgia Tech (assistant) |
| 1999–2003 | Wagner |
| 2003–2009 | Fordham |
| 2013–2015 | NC State (assistant) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2015–present | NC State (associate AD) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 135–162 |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (NCAA Division I) 0–1 (NIT) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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Dereck Whittenburg (born October 2, 1960)[1] is anAmericanbasketballcoach and formercollegiate basketball player who played forNorth Carolina State University, where he was a member of the1982–83 team that won the1983NCAA National Championship. He is currently employed by the athletic department at his alma mater, with his official title being AssociateAthletic Director for Community Relations and Student Support.
Whittenburg has also been an assistant coach on several teams including North Carolina State, for whom he served three separate stints under head coachesJim Valvano,Les Robinson, andMark Gottfried. He also served as head coach atWagner College andFordham University.
Whittenburg was a high schoolAll-American forMorgan Wootten atDeMatha Catholic High School inHyattsville, Maryland. He was paired withSidney Lowe as a backcourt combination and together the pair helped lead DeMatha to a national championship his junior year. In Whittenburg's four years at DeMatha, the team DeMatha only lost twelve times.
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Whittenburg's cousin was NBA starDavid Thompson, who had won the national championship while playing for theNorth Carolina State Wolfpack in 1974. He sought to emulate his cousin and play forNorm Sloan at NC State, where he thought he would win a national championship. Once he and Lowe graduated from DeMatha in 1979, both players signed with the Wolfpack. Whittenburg became a star player under Sloan's successor,Jim Valvano, as he was named second team all-Atlantic Coast Conference as a junior and helped the Wolfpack to the 1983 national championship. He was a third-round draft choice for thePhoenix Suns (51st overall) in the1983 NBA draft.
In 1985, Whittenburg became an assistant coach at NC State under Valvano. After a year there he moved on toGeorge Mason University. Whittenburg then followed his head coach from George Mason,Joe Harrington, toLong Beach State, but only stayed there a year before returning to Valvano's staff at his alma mater. After Valvano's forced resignation in 1990, Whittenburg remained at NC State for one more year before rejoining Harrington atColorado. He returned east in 1993 to joinGale Catlett'sWest Virginia squad for a year, then returned to the ACC withBobby Cremins andGeorgia Tech.[2]
After five years at Georgia Tech, Whittenburg got a chance to become a head coach when he was hired byWagner in 1999. He led the Seahawks to three winning campaigns in four years, including a berth in the2002 National Invitation Tournament and aNortheast Conference championship and automatic bid to the NCAA tournament in 2003. His success gained the attention ofFordham University, who hired Whittenburg away from Wagner to replace former NBA head coachBob Hill. He struggled as the Rams' head coach, only posting one winning season in six full seasons there. Whittenburg's last full season saw Fordham lose 25 out of 28 games, one of the worst records in all of college basketball, and with the team starting out the 2009–10 season with one win in their first five games Whittenburg was fired.[3]
After spending some time working in television, Whittenburg returned to coaching in 2013 when he was hired to be the senior assistant to the head coach at NC State. He also worked as the director of player development.
On October 23, 2015, NC State announced that Whittenburg had accepted the position of Associate Athletic Director for Community Relations and Student Support, and would no longer be serving as an assistant coach, effective immediately.[4]
Whittenburg was an executive producer for "Survive and Advance", a30 for 30 documentary detailing NC State's 1983 title run.[5] He was also an executive producer for "The Gospel According to Mac", a30 for 30 documentary about Colorado football coachBill McCartney.[6]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wagner Seahawks(Northeast Conference)(1999–2003) | |||||||||
| 1999–00 | Wagner | 11–16 | 6–12 | 10th | |||||
| 2000–01 | Wagner | 16–13 | 11–9 | T–5th | |||||
| 2001–02 | Wagner | 19–10 | 15–5 | T–2nd | NIT Opening Round | ||||
| 2002–03 | Wagner | 21–11 | 14–4 | 1st | NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
| Wagner: | 67–50[7] | 46–30 | |||||||
| Fordham Rams(Atlantic 10 Conference)(2003–2009) | |||||||||
| 2003–04 | Fordham | 6–22 | 3–13 | T–5th(East) | |||||
| 2004–05 | Fordham | 13–16 | 8–8 | 4th(East) | |||||
| 2005–06 | Fordham | 16–16 | 9–7 | T–5th | |||||
| 2006–07 | Fordham | 18–12 | 10–6 | T–4th | |||||
| 2007–08 | Fordham | 12–17 | 6–10 | 12th | |||||
| 2008–09 | Fordham | 3–25 | 1–15 | 14th | |||||
| 2009–10 | Fordham | 1–4 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Fordham: | 69–112 | 37–59 | |||||||
| Total: | 136–162 | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||